Complaint: We appetite the GLK 350 4Matic to accumulate its assorted proficiencies in ride, administration and alley achievement — but do it all at, say, 24 afar per gallon — and do it with approved unleaded gasoline or, finer diesel, which would accord us alike bigger mileage.

Ride, handling, acceleration: It has a harder ride than the archetypal U.S. Mercedes-Benz auto disciplinarian would like. But bodies who like accepting some acquaintance with the alley will adulation it. Administration and dispatch are excellent.

Head-turning quotient: It has the persona of a Subaru Forester with a Mercedes-Benz badge. It takes some accepting acclimated to.

Body style/layout: The GLK 350 is a front-engine, compact, car-based wagon/SUV with four ancillary doors and a rear hatch. It is accessible with all-wheel-drive (4Matic) or rear-wheel-drive.

Engine/transmission: The accepted 3.5-liter, 24-valve V-6 gasoline agent develops 268 application at 6,000 revolutions a minute and 258 foot-pounds of torque at 2,400 revolutions a minute. The agent is akin to a seven-speed — that’s right, seven acceleration — manual that can be confused automatically or manually.

Capacities: There are seats for bristles people. Maximum baggage accommodation is 55 cubic feet. The GLK 350 4Matic can be able to tow up to 3,500 pounds. Fuel catchbasin holds 17.4 gallons. Premium unleaded gasoline is required.

Mileage: We got 15 afar per gallon ashore in burghal traffic. But we averaged 21 afar per gallon on the highway.

Price: The abject amount on the 2010 GLK 350 4Matic is $35,900. Dealer’s balance amount on that archetypal is $33,387. Amount as activated is $38,305, including $1,530 in options (heated advanced seats and cyberbanking parking adjacency admonishing system) and an $875 destination charge. Dealer’s amount as activated is $35,685.